Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinion holding that Pennsylvania's second-generation sex offense registration statute is non-punitive and thus ex post facto challenges against it fail.
Commonwealth v. Lacombe et al. (Pa. 2020)
Posted: July 21, 2020
Commonwealth v. Torsilieri (Pa. 2020)
Posted: June 16, 2020
Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion vacating trial court opinion finding that Pennsylvania's sex offense registry violated various constitutional provisions related to punishment and reputation, and remanded for fact-finding on rates of re-offense.
Doe v. Rausch (E.D. Tenn. 2020)
Posted: May 16, 2020
Federal trial court in the Eastern District of Tennessee finding that Tennessee's SORA could not be applied retroactively without implicating the Ex Post Facto clause.
State v. Trujillo (Ariz. 2020)
Posted: May 15, 2020
Arizona Supreme Court opinion holding that Arizona's sex offense registration statute is non-punitive and that registration could be required even when facts triggering registration were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
T.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2020)
Posted: May 12, 2020
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court opinion holding that Pennsylvania's post-Muniz sex offense registration law constituted punishment, that thus could not be applied retroactively in the case of someone who committed their offense prior to any sex offense registry law.
Rogers v. State (Md. 2020)
Posted: April 2, 2020
Maryland Court of Appeals opinion holding that facts which require registration as a sex offender, in light of the punitive nature of registration, must be established beyond a reasonable doubt in the adjudicatory phase of a criminal proceeding.
United States v. Wass (4th Cir. 2020)
Posted: March 25, 2020
4th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion reversing dismissal of federal indictment for failure to register, finding that non-delegation principles were not violated, and that federal SORNA was not puntive.
Foley v. State (Tenn. Ct. Crim. App. 2020)
Posted: March 1, 2020
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals opinion vacating the guilty plea of the Petitioner who pled guilty as a juvenile to an offense that did not require registration at the time of his plea, but subsequently required registration.
Prynne v. Settle (4th Cir. 2021)
Posted: February 25, 2020
4th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion reversing a trial court dismissing Ex Post Facto claims, holding that plaintiff adequately pled Ex Post Facto violations, though affirming the dismissal of other constitutional claims.
John Doe et al. v. Richard Snyder (E.D. Mich. 2021)
Posted: February 14, 2020
Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting permanent injunction, prohibiting in total the enforcement of any of Michigan's sex offense registration scheme to anyone who had committed their offenses prior to 2011, as well as prohibiting the enforcement of numerous provisions to any persons required to register.